Divorce

When family and law intersect: When is it recommended to consult a family law attorney?

Early action, lasting protection: Why timely consultation with a family law attorney is essential.

Early legal counsel prevents costly mistakes and protects your family's future.
House Republicans Hold News Conference On Efforts To Hold Attorney General Garland In Contempt Of Congress

Ohio Rep. Miller rejects calls to leave re-election race as domestic abuse claims surface

IDF reservists

Do reserve duties break up families? The data breaking the stigma

SINGER SASSON Ifram Shaulov at the main rehearsal of the 78th anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, on April 19, 2026.

Israeli pop star Sasson Shaulov lightly wounded in car accident, MDA confirms


Don’t turn ‘agunot’ into pawns - opinion

Her extremely complex case was brought before the official, state-authorized beit din of Tel Aviv.

 THE RABBINICAL Court’s Division for Agunot in Jerusalem: All possible leniencies should be employed to help in releasing an ‘aguna.’

Divorce refusal is violence against women - opinion

Over the years we have increasingly understood that get-refusal is a tool used by men who are perfectly willing to threaten their wives.

 PROTESTERS OUTSIDE the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court demand a woman’s right to receive a divorce from an abusive husband.

Rabbinical Courts gain authority to sanction foreign divorce refusers

In Israel, divorce refusers can have their driving licenses and passports revoked, restrictions placed on their bank account and even imprisonment.

The Great Rabbinical Court of Appeals in Jerusalem.

Shuli Rand's marriage of additional wife highlights inequality - women's orgs

"Women refused a get (Jewish divorce document) don't have a magical permit that allows for a second marriage if the husband refuses to let go."

SHULI RAND: It is my life story

Rabbinical courts: Only 427 open cases of extended divorce proceedings

Women’s rights groups dispute low number of divorce-refusal cases presented by rabbinical courts, in Knesset committee hearing Tuesday.

THE RABBINICAL court of Tel Aviv. It has been said that rabbinical courts allow men to hold back consent to divorce their wives in order to extort the women into agreeing to unfair overall terms.

The NGO helping women suffering from Get refusal

What triggered my interest in this Mavoi Satum was a touching personal encounter with a young divorced mother of three.

 Liran Hazan (Right) was almost murdered by her husband got a divorce.

Couple may divorce over vaccine conflict

The wife is the only one currently working, but she's not allowed to go to work until she vaccinates, which she refuses to do.

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Last Jew of Afghanistan divorces wife after 20 years of refusal - report

Zabulon Simantov signed divorce papers via a Zoom call with the Sydney Tribunal, with several others in attendance.

 Zabulon Simantov, an Afghan Jew, blows the traditional shofar, or ram's horn, at a synagogue in Kabul

Afghan's last Jew signs divorce papers without a Jewish witness - report

There is doubt as to whether or not the papers will be recognized in a Jewish court, as the witnesses were not considered "kosher," with one of them reportedly being a Priest.

 Zabulon Simantov, an Afghan Jew, prays at a Jewish cemetery in Kabul November 5, 2013. In his 50s, Simintov is the last known Afghan Jew to remain in the country. He has become something of a celebrity over the years and his rivalry with the next-to-last Jew, who died in 2005, inspired a play.

Getting divorced in Israel in the COVID-19 pandemic

Coronavirus didn’t just wreak havoc on relationships, it created new issues for couples already divorced and sharing custody. 

 Wedding bands (illustrative).